[Illustration: "NESTIE WAS STANDING IN THE CENTRE OF THE LARGE ENTRANCE HALL."] YOUNG BARBARIANS _By_ IAN MACLAREN Author of "_Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush_" ILLUSTRATED NEW YORK Dodd, Mead and Company 1910 Copyright, 1899 and 1900, By The Curtis Publishing Company, as A SCOTS GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Copyright, 1900, By The Curtis Publishing Company. Copyright, 1901, By Dodd, Mead and Company. _First Edition, Published October, 1901_ CONTENTS I PAGE "SPEUG" 1 II BULLDOG 21 III NESTIE 39 IV A FAMOUS VICTORY 59 V HIS PRIVATE CAPACITY 85 VI THE DISGRACE OF MR. BYLES 103 VII THE COUNT 121 VIII A TOURNAMENT 139 IX MOOSSY 163 X A LAST RESOURCE 183 XI A PLEASANT SIN 205 XII GUERILLA WARFARE 223 XIII THE FALL OF GOLIATH 245 XIV THE BAILIE'S DOUBLE 261 XV THE TRIUMPH OF THE SEMINARY 281 XVI BULLDOG'S RECOMPENSE 305 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS "Nestie was standing in the centre of the large entrance hall." Frontispiece "Peter dared not lift his head." 36 "'You are an ill-bred c-cad.'" 50 "Seized an excellent position behind two Russian guns." 66 "Nestie whispered something in Speug's ear." 92 "Speug was dragged along the walk." 96 "They were so friendly that they gathered round the party." 114 "They were brought in a large spring cart." 118 "Watching a battle royal between the tops." 134 "Before the hour the hall was packed." 158 "Thomas John next instant was sitting on the floor." 170 "The school fell over benches and over another." 174 "His hand closed again upon the sceptre of authority." 202 "They drank without any cup." 218 "Before him stood London John bearing the seductive advertisement." 240 "A bottle of ferocious smelling-salts was held to the patient's nose." 252 "SPEUG" I